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The world is full of good news. The following are just a few ...
Following their successful launch from Kazakhstan, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and US
astronauts Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock dock with the International Space Station
where they join other crew members for a six-month mission in space.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega gives titles to land and homes for 2,537 families living
in the capital city of Managua as a part of government program to help the less fortunate.
US National Football League team, the Kansas City Chiefs of Missouri, USA donate US$100,000
for a Police Athletic League youth center, to encourage activities for over 1,000 children
as well as constructive interaction with local police.
Mozambican Prime Minister Aires Bonifacio Baptista Ali visits Beijing, China where he
meets with Premier Wen Jiabao and the two pledge cooperation in areas such as energy
and agriculture. As part of a two-year project to improve food
security in rural Niger, Qatar Charity donates US$687,000 in seeds and materials to benefit
140,000 Nigeriens. Saudi and Irish delegates convene for an 8th
meeting to discuss joint cooperation in the fields of economics and technology.
Upon her passing in 2009, UK hotelier Josie Hall bequeathed her entire estate to three
Devon charities, with the £600,000 being distributed among Exmouth Hospital League
of Friends, Hospiscare and Devon Air Ambulance. Using a combination of radiocarbon dating
of plants from museum collections along with mathematical modeling, an international group
of scientists have been able to establish much clearer dates of ancient Egyptian dynasties.
Trade between Iran and Iraq is noted to have increased 10-fold since 2003, thanks in part
to the convenient closeness of the neighboring nations as well as the high quality of the
Iranian-made goods. �